Wausau business owners, leaders developing food cart ordinance

8:45 PM,
May 15, 2013

A customer orders a tamale at Yo Chubby Gringo in Wausau in this file photo. Karla Van Wagner, who owns the cart with her husband, is one of the task force members who is working to develop a new mobile food vending ordinance.

Written by

Amanda Seitz
Daily Herald Media

City business owners, civic leaders and food vendors Wednesday began crafting an ordinance that would allow permits for food carts or trucks in Wausau.

The city currently doesn't place any restrictions on mobile food vending, but Wausau City Clerk Toni Rayala said she has talked to a handful of residents who are interested in selling hot pizza or soup from carts or trucks, spurring the city to launch a permit system for the mobile vendors. Rayala said food carts and trucks are popular around the country and she would like to see some settle in Wausau.